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A comparison of approaches to the teaching and learning of science in Chinese and Australian elementary classrooms: cultural and socioeconomic complexities (2013)
Journal Article
Tao, Y., Oliver, M., & Venville, G. (2013). A comparison of approaches to the teaching and learning of science in Chinese and Australian elementary classrooms: cultural and socioeconomic complexities. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 50(1), https://doi.org/10.1002/tea.21064

Set in the context of today’s globalized approaches to curriculum reform, the purpose of this study was to compare the teaching and learning of science in Chinese and Australian Grade 6 classrooms. A conceptual framework based on notions of culture a... Read More about A comparison of approaches to the teaching and learning of science in Chinese and Australian elementary classrooms: cultural and socioeconomic complexities.

Long-term outcomes of early childhood science education: insight from a cross-national comparative case study on conceptual understanding of science (2012)
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Tao, Y., Oliver, M., & Venville, G. (2012). Long-term outcomes of early childhood science education: insight from a cross-national comparative case study on conceptual understanding of science. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 10(6), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10763-012-9335-2

The purpose of this research was to explore the long term outcomes of either participating or not participating in early childhood science education on Grade 6 students’ conceptual understanding of science. The research is situated in a conceptual fr... Read More about Long-term outcomes of early childhood science education: insight from a cross-national comparative case study on conceptual understanding of science.

Effects of a Cognitive Acceleration Programme in a Low Socioeconomic High School in Regional Australia (2012)
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Oliver, M., Venville, G., & Adey, P. (2012). Effects of a Cognitive Acceleration Programme in a Low Socioeconomic High School in Regional Australia. International Journal of Science Education, 34(9), 1393-1410. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2012.673241

This paper presents research on the effects of a cognitive acceleration intervention in science lessons on low socio-economic students in a government high school in regional Western Australia. Thinking Science Australia is a program currently being... Read More about Effects of a Cognitive Acceleration Programme in a Low Socioeconomic High School in Regional Australia.

Towards an understanding of neuroscience for science educators (2011)
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Oliver, M. (2011). Towards an understanding of neuroscience for science educators. Studies in Science Education, 47(2), https://doi.org/10.1080/03057267.2011.604478

Advances in neuroscience have brought new insights to the development of cognitive functions. These data are of considerable interest to educators concerned with how students learn. This review documents some of the recent findings in neuroscience, w... Read More about Towards an understanding of neuroscience for science educators.

An exploratory case study of Olympiad students’ attitudes towards and passion for science (2011)
Journal Article
Oliver, M., & Venville, G. (2011). An exploratory case study of Olympiad students’ attitudes towards and passion for science. International Journal of Science Education, 33(16), https://doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2010.550654

Much is known about high school students’ attitudes towards science but there is almost no research on what passion for science might look like and how it might be manifested. This exploratory case study took advantage of a unique group of highly gif... Read More about An exploratory case study of Olympiad students’ attitudes towards and passion for science.

The impact of a cognitive acceleration program in science on students in an academically selective high school
Journal Article
Venville, G., & Oliver, M. The impact of a cognitive acceleration program in science on students in an academically selective high school. Thinking Skills and Creativity,

This paper describes the impact of a thinking skills program in science on the cognition of students in an academically selective high school. The research followed a sequential explanatory design with the collection and analysis of quantitative data... Read More about The impact of a cognitive acceleration program in science on students in an academically selective high school.